Man of Action

This one is a little bit self improvement, a little bit motivation.

Check this little video out- takes about 10 minutes of time and has some interesting stuff in there:

http://the99percent.com/videos/6125/jason-randal-stretching-rewiring-growing-geometrically

See if it doesn't get you at least a little bit motivated. Unless you are too cool for school...

5 Star Wars Status Updates

Monster actually found this first, but it's so good that I just had to share.

4 others await -- Enjoy!

S.W.A.T.

Maybe it's just my perspective -- but there are few things I find more southern than Flyswatters. Growing up my mom always seem to have one around, and would whisk it this way and that. On the good side, it enabled her to leave everything but the screen door open so she could have that full "Florida Room" experience while reading, but at the same time there was always something buzzing around the house, making dinner seem more like picnics.

It was also her preferred disciplinary implement whenever my brother or I misbehaved (which probably has more to do with why I dislike them than anything else).

Still, for a lot of us it's the last day at work before a holiday -- which means a lot of surfing the web, chewing the fat, and swiping at flies.

Have at it!

Being Thankful

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Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian TV show that's now in its seventh season. As such, it's a highly recommended thing of several moments ago. But since I'm a dumb American and just found out aboot it, it's new to me.

The characters are all residents of the same trailer park, and the show centers on their petty crimes, get-rich-quick schemes, and power struggles. Be thankful you don't live in a trailer park.The show can be a bit hit-and-miss, but the magic is in the details: lead character Ricky lives out of a car and stirs his Kool-Aid with a plastic shoehorn. His partner in crime *always* has a mixed drink in his hand, and they're constantly harassed by a disgraced cop/trailer park supervisor with delusions of grandeur.

What's really great about the show is that it's not just a snobby put-down of trailer trash. The characters have a can-do ethic, and survival skills that work for them within the park, even if they don't completely understand how the world outside works.

Moustache-fest 2009 Rages On!

This may be the end all - be all of the great moustache-fest 2009. Please feel free to bribe me and purchase me one of these for my dog.

Lesser-Known Fetishes

Straight from Slabovia, Kierky and Nietzsche are here to tell you that whatever you're into, it's ok.

Super Hard Movie Quote Quiz

Lets play a little game -- here's a clip with a series of famous movie quotes. All you have to do is watch them and see if you can name the Movies they came from.

Be warned, it's kinda tricky


ps - The volume kicks in sorta loud. Controls can be found at the bottom right corner if you need them.

Famous Authors Narrate the Funny Pages

I'm gonna go ahead and say this -- I hate laughing at things in McSweeney's, because when they miss they miss hard, which only serves as a bitter reminder that I've submitted items to them many times that have been shot down, all of which I've felt were funnier than some of the stuff they've decided to post instead.

Then they put out something like this, and I'm forced to shut up.

..Kinda sucks.

Anyways, famous authors retelling the Sunday funnies -- Hemingway in particular cracked me up.

The Monster at the End of This Book

Lovable, furry old Grover in his prime -- before all the booze, snow, and groupies did him in.


Actually, it's a click-thru version of one of my favorite books to have read to me as a child, which became one of my son's favorite books for me to read to him.

Enjoy!

Batman Vanishing

Things I Did Last Night.com

Cookie Cup

Hard not to love this -- a coffee mug that you can eat!

Those Darn Czechs

Having finished the excellent Machinarium, I went looking for other excellentness from independent Czechoslovakian studio Amanita Design, the game's maker. Everything they've done is great. Here, give this one a try. S'free, clever, odd, and aesthetically original.

Thomas Jefferson's Buttock Boils

Did you know John Adams occasionally purged after eating? Or that James Garfield needed rectal feeding? S'true. If you can get past the ca.1998 design on this page (or appreciate the hand-drawn icons for their charm), you can get the health dope on your favorite president.

Statistically speaking, that's Obama, who's 6'2" and 165. Or, after he quits smoking, 265...

Thinking through the consequences.

You get all happy when you see the Pixar logo, don't you? Think about what you're supporting.

What She Said...

This is ridiculous, but brilliant. To quote Lola, friend of HRTotM,

"I totally want to hook up with a guy that needs this. I’m sure I’ll have to buy him a Virgin Mary because he’ll be TEN YEARS OLD."

Whack-a-Wingnut

In the interest of fairness I should probably be on the lookout for an equal and opposite "whack-a-liberal" game, but I'm finding it hard to pull myself away from taking a baseball bat to Glen Beck's skull.

Dusting off a great idea

This one's been burning up the intarwebs, but in case you haven't seen it, there's a new version of Disturbing Auctions called Regretsy. It's the same idea, applied to Etsy. Get there quickly before it achieves No Longer Recommended status.

A Coffee Reality Check

Shortly before I left NYC for Portland, OR, a friend in Brooklyn took me to the newly-opened Stumptown coffee outlet there. It was, indeed, really great coffee. I was inspired to seek it out when I hit town, and sent bags cross-country to several friends.

But a bit of perspective is in order. Stumptown carries the best coffee according to the tastes of the people who run the company. They have great taste, but others do too. There's a bit of backlash here over the company, which is what happens when something local goes nationwide, losing its indie cred (barf).

Anyway, this is an interesting take on the whole high-echelon coffee phenomenon. As someone who never sunk to saying the word "venti" at Starbucks, it was nice to see where all this is leading: a whole supply chain catering to coffee connoisseurs, along with coffee tastings and the trappings of the high-minded wine crowd. Makes me want to drink nothing but Maxwell House for the rest of my life.

Winner comment: "Stumptown’s coffee is delicious. They do not have a monopoly on that, no matter what they say. As a buyer of Stumptown coffee for my cafe I can tell you I am not alone in feeling alienated by a ‘local’ roaster who doesn’t even have a rep to check in with me anymore.

New York City? Get a rope."

If ONLY these girls had moustaches...

effing A! these girls can JUMP!